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Adolf Hitler gains control.
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany and the Nazi party takes control of Germany's government. -
Jews lose citizenship.
Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews are created, making Jews of German citizenship. -
Chief of German Police
Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler is appointed chief of the German Police. -
Vladek and Anja marry
Vladek courts Anja. By 1936, they are engaged, and they marry on February 14, 1937. -
Vladek's Textile Factory opens
•By October 1937, Vladek’s textile factory, financed by his in-laws, is up and running, and Richieu is born -
Anja's depression surfaces
By early 1938, Anja gets a severe case of postpartum depression, and Vladek accompanies her to a sanitarium in Czechoslovakia to recover. -
Hitler breaks Munich Agreemeent
In April, Britain and France guarantee the integrity of Poland's borders after Hitler violates Munich Agreement of 1938 by invading and dismembering Czechoslovakia. World War 2 begins. -
First sighting of Nazi flag
On the train, Vladek and Anja see the Nazi Flag -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht a government-organized pogrom against Jews in Germany, Austria, where there is destruction of synagogues, businesses, and homes and the loss of at least 91 lives in November. -
Vladek's must join the Polish army
In August, 1939, Vladek is called into active duty in the Polish army. -
Vladeks becomes a prisoner of war
In September, 1939, Vladek is fighting in the trenches against the Germans. He is taken prisoner during the commotion -
Vladek loses his factory
Jewish property is taken away, Vladek loses his factory -
Aushwitz is created.
Aushwitz opens near the Poland border. -
Vladek is released
Vladek is released from being a prisoner of war and is reunited with his family. -
Elie begins to study Kabbalah
Moishe the Beadle agrees to teach Elie Kabbalah. -
Moishe the Baedle is transported.
All foreign Jews were expelled from Sighet. And Moishe the Beadle was a foreigner. -
Moishe the Beadle escapes.
Moishe the beadle escaped death and made it back to Elie and the town. He told everyone of his story, no one believed him -
Vladek must work in factories of Sosnowiec
It is now the year 1943. The Jews have been moved to Srodula, and they are forced to work in the shops and factories of Sosnowiec -
Warsaw Ghetto Rise Up
Jews in the Warsaw ghetto rise up against their oppressors. -
Richieu is killed
Vladek sends Richieu to live with relatives in Zawiercie. But when the Nazis come to Zawiercie to take the Jews to the camps, Richieu is poisoned by his aunt in order to avoid being killed at the camps. -
Elie's family is transported
Elie and his family move from their home to a smaller ghetto, they move into the house of another family. -
Vladek and Anja hide in Sosnowiec.
Vladek and Anja have gone into hiding in Sosnowiec, first staying with a Polish woman, Mrs. Kowka, then on the farm of Mrs. Motonowa. -
Elie and his family is deported from the ghetto
Elie adn his family are deported from the ghetto to Aushwitz, where him and his father are separated from the rest of his family. -
Elie has surgery
Elie's foot is in bad condition and is very sewlled. Elie must have it operated on in the Aushwitz infirmary. -
Elie and father are transported.
Elie and his father are transported from Aushwitz to Buchenwald. -
Elie's father dies
Elie's father had aged so much since the beginning of their journey, he lost his strength and will to live, leaving Elie by himself. -
Elie is liberated
US troops arrive and liberate the Jews that are still alive. -
End of World War 2
Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz on January 27. US troops liberate Buchenwald on April 11. Germany surrenders on May 7; World War II in Europe ends on May 8 -
Elie begins studying journalism
Elie Wiesel studies at the Sorbonne in Paris. He becomes interested in journalism.
